Some primary free schools are taking advantage of their greater powers to offer nursery provision and more experiential curricula.
Impetigo is a skin infection that is generally caused by one of two bacteria: group A streptococcus or staphylococcus aureus. Impetigo is most common in pre-school and school-age children, and is...
Observe how absorbed the children can become in particular schemas when you provide resources and activities suggested by Diana Lawton.
'As is often claimed - not least by the Tories - the (Labour) party appears to have stolen many of the right's best ideas. Tough on the basics, tough on local authorities, tough on failing schools,...
In 'Strength in numbers' (23 August) Peter Moss suggests that the apparent decline in the number of childminders could be due to better-paid jobs on offer and says that childminders 'are nearly all...
A nursery chain has signed a 3.75m sale-and-leaseback deal on a state-of-the-art site.
With regard to the article 'Opportunities for all' by Marcia Tatham in the June 2002 edition of Training Today, the Commission for Racial Equality is writing to point out that the article contains...
'These plans reek of the nanny state, and are an insult to Scottish parents.' Lord James Douglas Hamilton, the Scottish Tories' justice spokesman, on the Executive's proposal to ban smacking...
'It really is an honour, but the real joy has been seeing a child with cerebral palsy go from pulling himself along the ground to joining in with all the things that young children do' Ann Douglas,...
'While I enjoyed my visit, it was rather disconcerting to find some members of staff referring to Ofsted as the organisation that must-not-be-named and some pupils confusing me with Lord Voldemort.'...